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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
PHOTO EXHIBITION ON TELUGU FREEDOM FIGHTERS AS PART OF HAR GHAR TIRANGA CELEBRATIONS INAUGURATED BY GOVERNOR OF TELANGANA
DR TAMILISAI SOUNDARARAJAN EXHORTS CITIZENS OF TELANGANA STATE TO HOIST NATIONAL FLAG ON THEIR HOUSES FROM AUG 13 TO 15
A Photo exhibition on Telugu freedom fighters as part of Har Ghar Tiranga campaign was inaugurated by Governor of Telangana Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan at the Salarajung Museum in the city today. The Governor exhorted people of Telangana to hoist the National Flag atop their houses from August 13th to 15th as part of the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, an initiative launched by the Prime Minister to make the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ truly a participative people’s movement.
"We must celebrate the 75 years of Independence with great pride, honour, and happiness. Ours is the largest democracy in the world and we must take pride in it," said the Governor. “Reminiscing the freedom struggle and the freedom fighters is the need of the hour. I am requesting youngsters to visit this exhibition and get motivated and re-dedicate themselves to the service of the nation”, she added.
Going around the photo panels on the evolution of the Triclour, the Governor remarked that the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign would re-kindle the connect with the national flag which is the foundation of our common identity as Indians. Appreciating the efforts of the Central Bureau of Communication of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in putting together the exhibition on prominent Telugu Freedom fighters, she said that it would be a great enabler in getting the next generation knows about the sacrifices made by our forefathers towards the freedom they enjoy today.
To enable wider participation of citizens, the landmark step of amending the Flag Code of the country was carried out on July 20, 2022 to allow the national flag of India to be flown during the day and night. Addressing the nation during the 91st edition of Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called upon all citizens to hoist the national flag from their homes and change their display pictures on social media platforms to the image of the 'Tiranga'. The campaign begun on the second of August in the national capital, which happens to be the birth anniversary of Pingali Venkayya, the designer of the Indian national flag.
Shri S. Venkateswar Director General , Smt. Ranjana Dev Sarmah Addl. Director General , Dr. A. Nagender Reddy, Director, Salar Jung Museum, Smt. Shruti Patil. Director, PIB & CBC, Dr.Manas Krishnakant, Dy.Director, PIB, I.Haribabu, AD, CBC & other dignitaries and officials from Press Information Bureau, Central Bureau of Communication participated in the event.
Ministry of Culture
National School of Drama celebrates culmination ceremony of series of 5 plays of Traditional Regional Theatre
On 15 August 2022, when India will complete 75 years of its independence, on that day in every house, we all will hoist the tricolour : Shri G.K Reddy
National School of Drama today celebrated the culmination ceremony of series of 5 plays of Traditional Regional Theatre by Sri Vinayaka Natyamandali Surabhi Theatre, Hyderabad.The five plays included Mayabazar, Bhaktha Prahalada, Pathala Bhairavi, Yashoda Krishna and Srinivasa Kalyanam.
Shri. G. Kishan Reddy, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Development of North East Region and Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary IGNCA graced the occasion .
On the occasion Union Minister G.K Reddy said "I am glad that Surabhi Natak Mandali is introducing the great culture of South India to Delhi and is also fulfilling the dream of "Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat" of Shri Narendra Modi ji ".
Shri G.K Reddy also added "On 15 August 2022, when India will complete 75 years of its independence, on that day in every house, we all will hoist the tricolour"
The Union Minister also urged people to come in large numbers and promote the traditional Regional theatre.
The Union Minister also added “India is completing 75 years of its independence this year, and is celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav ,therefore it is necessary that we introduce our great culture to the country and the world”.
National School of Drama is an important cultural organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. With the various programs and schemes NSD is now present in all parts of India. Ministry of Culture is celebrating India's 75th year of Independence as Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav participating in this celebration with its innovative ideas and programs which not only highlights the achievements of many freedom fighters but inspire Indians to take pride in India and do more for the betterment of fellow Indians.
Key Highlights
· To climb Mt Blanc, the highest peak of Alps Mountains
· Multiple paragliding launches at valley floor of the Alps
· Terrain biking from Alps Mountains to English Channel covering around 1,000 kilometres
· Parajumping from 10,000 to 15,000 feet at Normandy Landing Zones of the World War II fame
· Scuba diving upto 40 metres in English Channel by scuba instructors
Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt flagged off upcoming National Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports  multidimensional adventure sports expedition to Europe, in New Delhi on October 27, 2021. The NIMAS will be conducting this expedition in the general area Chamonix, France in November 2021, which is considered the adventure capital of Europe. Expedition will be led by NIMAS Director Col Sarfraz Singh.
The expedition, in line with the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav theme of the Government, aims to commemorate 75 years of Independence with an overall aim to promote adventure sports in the country by conducting India's first multidimensional adventure sports expedition in the fields of land, aero and aqua. It has also been stated that such an expedition will be a milestone in the history of NIMAS as it will showcase the dynamic skills and adventure expertise of the Institute in all the three fields.
The locations of expedition are  Alps Mountains;  Chamonix;  Normandy and  English Channel. The multidimensional activities planned during the expedition are as under:
 To climb Europe's the highest mountaineering peak of Alps Ranges, Mt Blanc
 Multiple paragliding launches near the valley floor of Alps;
 Mountain terrain biking from Alps Mountains to English Channel, to cover approximately 1,000 kilometres
 Scuba diving upto 40 metre depth in the English Channel by scuba instructors
 Parajumping from 10,000 to 15,000 feet at the famous Normandy Landing Zones of World War II.
There will be hoisting/unfurling/displaying of Tricolour during in all these activities, whether air, land or under water.
In the year 2003, then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee made an announcement that a national level mountaineering institute should be established in the North East. In pursuance of this announcement, National Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports  was established at Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh in 2013. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh is its President and Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh the Vice President. It is the only Institute in the country, which is mandated to conduct training in adventure courses in all three fields i.e., land, aero and aqua.
During the last five years, the Institute conducted various expeditions including Mt Everest Expedition, Mt Trishul, Mt Kun, Mt Gorichen, Mt Kangto-6 and to various other mountain peaks. It has also conducted rafting expeditions to seven major rivers of Arunachal Pradesh. In 2019-20, the NIMAS cycling team undertook cycling expedition to four South East Asian countries, i.e., Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
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Ministry of Defence
DRDO & Directorate of Defence R&D, Israel sign Bilateral Innovation Agreement for development of dual use technologies
Key highlights:
- Agreement to promote innovation in startups & MSMEs of both countries for development of dual use technologies
- Startups & industry to bring out next generation technologies & products in areas such as Drones, Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
- Development efforts to be jointly funded by DRDO & DDR&D, Israel
As a tangible demonstration of the growing Indo–Israeli technological cooperation, Defence Research and Development Organisation  and Directorate of Defence Research and Development , Ministry of Defence, Israel have entered into a Bilateral Innovation Agreement  to promote innovation and accelerated R&D in startups and MSMEs of both countries for the development of dual use technologies. The agreement was signed between and Secretary, Department of Defence, R&D & Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy and Head of DDR&D, Israel BG  Dr Daniel Gold in New Delhi on November 09, 2021.
Under the agreement, startups and industry of both countries will work together to bring out next generation technologies and products in the areas such as Drones, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum technology, Photonics, Biosensing, Brain-Machine Interface, Energy Storage, Wearable Devices, Natural Language Processing, etc. Products and technologies will be customised to meet unique requirements of both the countries. The development efforts will be jointly funded by DRDO and DDR&D, Israel. The technologies developed under BIA will be available to both countries for their domestic applications.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates weightlifter, Bindyarani Devi on winning Silver Medal at Commonwealth Games 2022
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated weightlifter, Bindyarani Devi on winning Silver Medal at Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Congratulations to Bindyarani Devi for winning a Silver medal at CWG, Birmingham. This accomplishment is a manifestation of her tenacity and it has made every Indian very happy. I wish her the very best for her future endeavours."
Ministry of Defence
INS TARKASH BRINGS MEDICAL OXYGEN CONSIGNMENT
Indian Naval Ship Tarkash on her third trip as part of Operation Samudra Setu II  brought in critical medical supplies from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
In continuation of “Oxygen Solidarity Bridge” to support India’s fight against COVID, Indian Naval ships have been playing crucial role in transhipment of Oxygen and other medical supplies from various countries.
INS Tarkash entered Al Shuwaikh Harbour, Kuwait on 31 May 21 and embarked 785 oxygen cylinders. Later on, the ship embarked 300 oxygen cylinders from Ad Dammam Port, Saudi Arabia on 01 Jun 21. She entered Mumbai Harbour with medical consignment on morning of 08 Jun.
Previously, INS Tarkash had brought in critical medical supplies comprising of four Cryogenic Oxygen Containers , 982 oxygen cylinders in her two trips from Doha and Bahrain.
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Ministry of Railways
RAILWAY MINISTER HOLDS HIGH LEVEL MEETING WITH GM, SER & EAST COAST RAILWAY
Jharsuguda, November 9, 2021
Sri Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Minister for Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India held a high level review meeting with Smt Archana Joshi, General Manager, South Eastern Railway  & East Coast Railway at Jharsuguda on Monday . Sri Suresh Pujari, MP, Bargarh, Sri Navin Gangdev, MP, Sambalpur, Sri Nauri Nayak, MLA, Rangali, Smt. Kusum Tete, MLA, Sundargarh, Sri Shankar Oram, MLA, Birmitrapur, Sri Jainarayan Mishra, MLA, Sambalpur, Sri Ravi Nayak, Ex MLA, Kuchinda and Smt. Radharani Panda, Ex MLA, Brajarajnagar were present in the meeting and interacted with the Railway Minister. Principal officers of SER, East Coast Railway and South East Central Railway also attended the meeting.
Various issues pertaining to infrastructural development works of railways in Odisha, especially in Jharsuguda area were elaborately discussed in the meeting. During the discussion, the Railway Minister has also given importance on safety issues and suggested several measures to improve the passenger amenities over SER’s jurisdiction. The Union Minister also laid stress on timely completion of all ongoing railway projects.
Election Commission
7 Lok Sabha Constituencies of West Bengal to go to Poll Tomorrow in Fifth Phase of General Election to Lok Sabha, 2019
Uluberia Purba to go for Assembly Bye-election
Kolkata, May 5, 2019
Seven Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal vote in the fifth phase of General Elections tomorrow. In this phase of elections, 51 constituencies across seven States, including seven constituencies of West Bengal-Bangaon , Barrackpur, Howrah, Uluberia, Sreerampur, Hooghly and Arambag  will have poll. The polling in West Bengal will start at 7 am and continue till 6 pm. At the same time Uluberia Purba will also go for Assembly bye-poll tomorrow. The Chief Electoral Officer’s Office, West Bengal has taken adequate measures to have free and fair election in the State. The CEO, Dr Aariz Aftab had already informed media that 100% of the polling stations will be under Central Armed Police Force ’s surveillance in this phase of poll. Today, the Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Shri Sanjoy Basu reiterated the fact that every polling booth will be under CAPF surveillance.
As disclosed by Shri Basu in a media briefing today in Kolkata a total number of 83 candidates from 11 political parties including Independents and other registered parties are going to try their fortunes in this phase of voting in West Bengal. Out of these 83 candidates, 12 are women. There are 13,290 polling stations in West Bengal in this phase of election, the maximum being in Arambag  constituency . The total number of voters in this phase is 11,691,889 out of which 6,004,848 are male 5,686,830 female and 211 belonging to the third gender. Sreerampur constituency has the maximum number of voters. The number of female electors is the highest in Hooghly constituency . The total number of service voters from these seven constituencies is 14886.
Total 16496 Control Units, 18720 Ballot Units and 16825 VVPATS will be there for these seven constituencies, informed the Additional CEO Shri Basu.
Six candidates  are in the fray for Uluberia Purba Assembly bye-election. The total number of electors for this bye-election is 220397. Out of this, 113630 are males, 106764 females and three belong to the third gender. The total number of service electors is 135. The number of polling stations is 241.
It is to be noted that polling has been done in 18 constituencies of West Bengal so far. Apart from the above-mentioned seven constituencies of the State which will go to poll in the fifth phase, 17 other constituencies will be left for polling which will be covered in the sixth and seventh phases.
The Commission meanwhile has impressed upon all the observers to remain on constant vigil and ensure that the polls are conducted in an absolutely free, fair and credible manner.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Ministry of Food Processing Industries holds 2nd Inter-Ministerial Committee Meeting on World Food India-2023 in New Delhi, today
Emphasis laid upon important role of respective ministries and departments in development of conducive ecosystem to channelise infrastructure development, trade and investment promotion in the food processing realm
Ministries and Departments requested to share specifics of plan of action of their participation/partnership in the World Food India-2023
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries held the 2nd Inter-Ministerial Committee Meeting on World Food India-2023 at Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, today. Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Shri Minhaj Alam, chaired the meeting with senior representatives from Ministries/Departments/Commodity Boards. The meeting witnessed participation from the senior officials of key central government ministries and departments. All the participants were apprised of developments in preparations for World Food India-2023, being organized between 3-5 November, 2023 in New Delhi. The meeting was held in continuation to the interaction held with the Committee members in May 2023.
Additional Secretary, FPI emphasized on the important role of respective ministries and departments in development of conducive ecosystem to channelise infrastructure development, trade, and investment promotion in the food processing realm. All the central ministries and departments confirmed their participation in the event through exhibition space/stalls, participation in technical sessions as well as engagements in the Reverse Buyer Seller Meet of the event. The participating officers assured further support required for the event in Buyer Seller Meets/RBSM, engagements with startups, promotion of special Ayush products, ODOP and GI products. The officers also apprised of confirmed participation from exporters and buyers in the event and further outreach undertaken by the organizations.
The Ministries and Departments were requested to share specifics of plan of action of their participation/partnership in the World Food India. Additionally, the Investment Facilitation Cell  and the event partner  were asked to coordinate with the respective Ministries and Departments for facilitating the discussed action plan and seek necessary support from government bodies. The next meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee is expected to be held in July 2023 regarding partnership/participation of different stakeholders.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announces launch of Grand Challenge for strengthening the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network  system
CoWIN is a digitalised platform to be used to effectively roll out and scale up the mechanism for COVID Vaccine Distribution System, nationally
The challenge invites participation from innovative startups and emerging technology specialists to augment and scale the CoWIN platform
The participants may register at https://meitystartuphub.in from 23rd December 2020 to 15th January 2021
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare  along with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology  has announced the launching of “CoWIN”, a Grand Challenge for strengthening the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network  system, a digitalised platform to be used to effectively roll out and scale up the mechanism for COVID Vaccine Distribution System, nationally.
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said “India‘s innovators have played a crucial role in our fight against COVID19. I invite innovators and startups for grand challenge to strengthen CoWIN platform for roll out of COVID19 vaccination program across India.”
To be launched on the MSH  portal, a collaborative platform developed under the aegis of MeitY towards building meaningful synergies in the Indian tech startup space, the challenge invites participation from talented and innovative startups and emerging technology specialists to augment and scale the CoWIN platform. MoHFW has identified seven  focus areas of technology development to holistically address the likely limitations associated with complete and effective vaccine distribution system  and its seamless administration across India. These challenges try to broadly address the priority areas relating to infrastructure, monitoring and management, dynamic learning and information systems, constraints of human resources-including technical capacities, vaccine logistics management and tracking enlisted beneficiaries for any adverse event following immunization on real time basis.
The Challenge kickstarts with registration process at https://meitystartuphub.in on 23rd December 2020 and is open for participants to apply till 15th January 2021. The top 5 applicants will be provided the CoWIN APIs  to prove the efficacy of their solutions for possible integration with the platform. Each shortlisted applicant at this stage stands a chance to win Rs. 2 Lakhs covering their logistical requirements. The solutions once integrated with the platform through open APIs will be assessed for robustness and scalability. Top 2 contestants from the challenge will be rewarded with Rs. 40 Lakh and 20 Lakh respectively post successful migrations of the developed solutions on the cloud on which the CoWIN is hosted, apart from their integration with CoWIN.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
The northern Limit of southwest monsoon  continues to pass through, Barmer, Bhilwara, Dholpur, Aligarh, Meerut, Ambala and Amritsar
According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department :
Tuesday 29 June 2021, MID-DAY, Time of Issue: 1315 hours IST)
ALL INDIA WEATHER SUMMARY AND FORECAST BULLETIN
- The northern Limit of southwest monsoon  continues to pass through Lat. 26°N / Long. 70°E, Barmer, Bhilwara, Dholpur, Aligarh, Meerut, Ambala and Amritsar.
- Prevailing meteorological conditions, large scale atmospheric features and the forecast wind pattern by dynamical models suggest that no favourable conditions are likely to develop for further advance of southwest monsoon into remaining parts of Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Punjab during next 5 days.
- Subdued rainfall activity is very likely to prevail over Northwest, Central and Western parts of Peninsular India during next 5 days. Isolated/scattered thunderstorm activity accompanied with lightning & rainfall is also likely over these regions during this subdued monsoon activity period.
- Under the influence of strong moisture laden southwesterly winds; widespread rainfall very likely over Bihar, West Bengal & Sikkim and Northeastern states during next 5 days. Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely over Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura during next 3 days. Isolated extremely falls also likely over Assam & Meghalaya during 29th-30th June and Bihar and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during 30th June-02nd July, 2021.
- Subsequently, moist easterly winds are likely to pickup in strength, causing enhanced rainfall activity all along the Himalayan foothills of north Bihar, north Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand during 01-3 July leading to increased inflow into the rivers originating/flowing over these regions. Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely over Uttarakhand and Himalayan foothills of East Uttar Pradesh during 01st-03rd July, 2021.
- Strong surface winds  over Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh on 30th June and 01st July, 2021.
Moderate to severe thunderstorm accompanied by frequent cloud to ground lightning very likely over Bihar, Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal during next 24 hours. This may cause injuries leading to casualties to people and animals staying outdoors.

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Prime Minister's Office
Telephone Conversation between PM and King of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation today with His Majesty King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Prime Minister conveyed his greetings to His Majesty and the people of Jordan for the forthcoming Holy month of Ramadan.
The two leaders discussed the challenges posed to the world by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the steps being taken in their respective countries to limit its impact. They agreed to support each other’s efforts to the maximum possible extent, by sharing information and best practices and by facilitating needed supplies.
Prime Minister thanked His Majesty for the support provided to the Indian citizens present in Jordan.
The leaders agreed that their teams would remain in touch on issues related to COVID-19, as well as on other regional and global issues.